[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 211 (Thursday, November 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50856-50858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23879]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request:
Collection of Contact Information of Schools That Participate in the
National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and Organizations That Participate
in the USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) for Sharing
Team Nutrition's Nutrition Education, Training, and Technical
Assistance Resources
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this proposed information collection. This is a new collection for
facilitating a communication network among CACFP organizations and USDA
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Child Nutrition Programs, as well as
between schools participating in the National School Breakfast Program
and National School Lunch programs, both via the Team Nutrition
initiative.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before January 2, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: Kaylyn Padovani, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
628, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to
the attention of Kaylyn Padovani at 703-305-2549 or via email to
[email protected]. Comments will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to http://www.regulations.gov, and
follow the online instructions for submitting comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Team
Nutrition at 703-305-1624.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information,
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including the validity of the methodology and assumptions that were
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Title: Collection of Contact Information of Schools That
Participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and
Organizations That Participate in the USDA's Child and Adult Care Food
Program (CACFP) for Sharing Team Nutrition's Nutrition Education,
Training, and Technical Assistance Resources.
Form Number: FNS 891 (Team Nutrition Schools) and FNS 892 (Team
Nutrition CACFP Organizations).
OMB Number: 0584--NEW.
Expiration Date: 60 days after publication of this notice.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: Team Nutrition is an initiative of the United States
Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service to support
national efforts to promote lifelong healthy food choices and physical
activity by improving the nutrition practices of the Child Nutrition
Programs, including the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), the
National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast and
Special Milk Programs (SBP and SMP), in addition to the Fresh Fruit and
Vegetable Program (FFVP), Afterschool Snacks, and Seamless Summer
Option (SSO). This initiative provides resources to schools, child care
settings, and summer meal and afterschool sites that participate in
these programs.
Team Nutrition uses the Socio-cognitive behavior theory to change
behavior through three main strategies. The first is to provide
training and technical assistance to child nutrition professionals to
enable them to prepare and serve nutritious meals that appeal to
children. Team Nutrition also increases opportunities for nutrition
education through multiple communication channels to help children gain
the knowledge, skills, and motivation to make healthy food and physical
activity choices as part of a healthy lifestyle. Finally, Team
Nutrition helps to build and bolster support for healthy school and
child care environments that encourage nutritious food choices and
physically active lifestyles.
Since 1995, Team Nutrition has collected information from schools
via the Team Nutrition Database, to communicate releases and updates of
Team Nutrition resources. In order to reach CACFP program operators and
providers, FNS is expanding the database to collect the contact
information of interested CACFP organizations (such as Sponsoring
Agencies and Independent Centers). Those eligible entities that choose
to input their information into the database, via the online enrollment
forms either for Team Nutrition Schools or for Team Nutrition CACFP
Organizations, will receive electronic correspondence, such as monthly
newsletters and promotions that announce the availability of new and
updated Team Nutrition materials that support nutrition education and
provide technical assistance to foster an environment of health. This
database allows the opportunity for the enrolled entities to affirm
their commitment to childhood nutrition & wellness while gives the
opportunity to collaborate with other peers.
The collection of the school contact information is currently
approved under OMB #0584-0524 Generic Clearance to Conduct Formative
Research, which expires on September 30, 2019. Since FNS wants to
expand this data collection to include CACFP program operators and
providers, FNS is creating a new information collection which will
cover both activities. Once this new collection request has been
reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget, FNS will remove the
burden associated with the Team Nutrition school contact information
from OMB #0584-0524.
Affected Public: Business or Other For Profit; Not For Profit; and
State, Local and Tribal Government: Respondent groups identified
include: (1) Organizations that have a CACFP agreement with the States
and (2) Schools that participate in the NSLP.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The total estimated number of
respondents is approximately 122,664; 22,664 are CACFP's organizations
and 100,000 are schools. For CACFP organizations, the total is broken
down as follows: 20,095 CACFP sponsors: Centers only; 791 CACFP
sponsors of all home care; and 1,778 CACFP sponsors of adult care.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: The total estimated
number of responses per all of the respondents for the entire
collection is 2. The CACFP's organization and the schools will be asked
to voluntarily complete one (1) enrollment form and submit changes as
needed.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 245,328.
Estimated Time per Response: The estimated time of response varies
from 0.083 to 0.25 hour (5-15 minutes), with an average estimated time
of 0.13 hour for all participants.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 32,847.11 hours. See
the table below for estimated total annual burden for each type of
respondent.
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Estimated
Estimated Responses Total average Estimated
Affected public Respondent type number annually annual number of total hours
respondent per responses hours per (col. dxe)
respondent (col. bxc) response
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Reporting Burden
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Businesses or Other for CACFP 20,095 1 20,095 0.25 5,023.75
Profit, Not-for-Profit. Organizations
(completed
form)--CACFP
Sponsors:
Centers Only.
CACFP 791 1 791 0.25 197.75
Organizations
(completed
form)--CACFP
Sponsors of All
Home Care.
CACFP 1,778 1 1,778 0.25 444.5
Organizations
(completed
form)--CACFP
Sponsors of
Adult Care.
Changes/Updates.............. ................ 22,664 1 22,664 0.083 1,881.11
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Subtotal of Businesses or ................ ........... ........... 45,328 ........... 7,547.11
Other for Profit, Not-
for Profit.
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State, Local, or Tribal Schools 100,000 1 100,000 0.17 17,000
Government. (completed
form).
Changes/Updates.............. ................ 100,000 1 100,000 0.083 8,300
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Subtotal for State, ................ ........... ........... 200,000 ........... 25,300
Local, or Tribal
Government.
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Total Reporting ................ 122,664 ........... 245,328 ........... 32,847.11
Burden.
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Dated: October 23, 2017.
Brandon Lipps,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-23879 Filed 11-1-17; 8:45 am]
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